Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.92% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan and 1.47% of GDP in Tajikistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kyrgyzstan, by 1.44 percentage points, or 1.98 times that in Tajikistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kyrgyzstan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2025, Kyrgyzstan ranked 29 and Tajikistan ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.92 | 1.47 |
| 2024 | 2.93 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 3.18 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.93 |
| 2021 | 2.84 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.11 | 0.95 |
| 2019 | 2.71 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3.03 | 1.05 |
| 2017 | 3.11 | 1.04 |
| 2016 | 3.34 | 1.21 |
| 2015 | 3.45 | 1.28 |
| 2014 | 3.38 | 1.13 |
| 2013 | 3.2 | – |
| 2012 | 3.21 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 1.09 |
| 2010 | 3.85 | 0.95 |
| 2009 | 3.18 | 0.95 |
| 2008 | 2.91 | 1.02 |
| 2007 | 3.06 | – |
| 2006 | 3.17 | – |
| 2005 | 3.08 | – |
| 2004 | 2.85 | 1.13 |
| 2003 | 2.87 | 1.12 |
| 2002 | 2.73 | 1.05 |
| 2001 | 2.35 | 0.58 |
| 2000 | 2.88 | 0.6 |
| 1999 | 2.69 | 1.39 |
| 1998 | 2.67 | 1.71 |
| 1997 | 3.11 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 2.99 | 1.29 |
| 1995 | 3.46 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 2.59 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1.64 | 0 |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan
Health
- Life expectancyKyrgyzstan: 71.7 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKyrgyzstan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKyrgyzstan: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKyrgyzstan: 76.5% in 2022Tajikistan: 55.3% in 2022
- DepressionKyrgyzstan: 3.05% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateKyrgyzstan: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKyrgyzstan: 7.07 million people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthKyrgyzstan: 1.61% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKyrgyzstan: 2.8 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKyrgyzstan: 34.8% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageKyrgyzstan: 25.1 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKyrgyzstan: 5.4% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateKyrgyzstan: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsKyrgyzstan: $558M in 2025Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personKyrgyzstan: $83 in 2025Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKyrgyzstan: 7.9% of government spending in 2025Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKyrgyzstan: 21,000 people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerKyrgyzstan: 0.04% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKyrgyzstan: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKyrgyzstan: 54 million TIV in 2023Tajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025